Friday, April 3, 2009

04.03 PROTEST PARADE

More G20 action at Bank - it never ends. This afternoon, a parade of protesters marched past our building and my coworkers and I scrambled from the third floor, flooding the streets to decipher the commotion. It was a trade union group, from what we gathered, although it was difficult to tell exactly which. Someone was hollering into a megaphone, but it was not clear exactly the point that was being made. After the commotion of the past few days, their group of 50-80 seemed minuscule and inconsequential, but at least they were out there. We wondered exactly where they were headed, who their target audience was, and what the point of their effort could be. Unfortunately, I had to get back to work and have little to report...